The actors’ silent reactions serve as a sobering reminder of powerlessness and inequality in the light of the back-to-back police shootings that claim the lives of countless Black men and women in America.

Miami-based directors Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz used their creative prowess to formulate an effective visual message. Shot in black and white, while splicing in audio of George Zimmerman, who killed Trayvon Martin; the Tulsa officer describing Terence Crutcher as a “bad dude;” and Anderson Cooper discussing Kenneth Chamberlain, the 68-year-old former Marine shot by police, “Against The Wall” conveys the injustice of police brutality in under four minutes.

To channel effective performances, the directors instructed the actors “to imagine what it would be like to be taken against your will and forced to be reduced yourself; your very humanity, in order to pacify the police—who regardless may take your life even if you stayed perfectly still, with your hands against the wall,”The Daily Beastreports.

Belafonte, a life-long vocal advocate and champion of social justice, told The Daily Beast the PSA exists to circumvent the pillaging of Black bodies.

“The constant vilification of people of color is not new to the American psyche,” Belafonte said. “Somehow cell phone video, dash cam video and news media flashing before our very eyes, hour after hour, the murder and victimization of black and brown bodies has desensitized us.”

4. Gregory Hill Jr., 30

5. JaQuavion Slaton, 20

This is Jaquavion Slaton, the 20-year-old who was was shot & killed by Fort Worth Police on Sunday. Community demanding release of body camera video, but FWPD hasn’t said when/if that will happen. #WFAApic.twitter.com/iakQyWrRCl

63. Julius Johnson, 23

64 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police

UPDATED: 9:54 a.m. EDT, August 14, 2019 --
Police shooting and killing Black males is all but a centuries-old American tradition among law enforcement in the U.S. But the fact that this apparent rite of police passage was still thriving in 2019 and expected to continue well into 2020 and beyond should give any American citizen pause as more and more names of Black males continue to be added to a growing list of victims with what seems like a new shooting every week.
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Other victims' names include, but certainly, aren't limited to: Tamir Rice; Botham Shem Jean; E.J. Bradford; and Michael Brown.
As NewsOne continues covering these shootings that so often go ignored by mainstream media, the below running list Black men and boys who have been shot and killed by police under suspicious circumstances can serve as a tragic reminder of the danger they face upon being born into a world of hate that branded them as suspects since birth.